RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Mercury intoxication presenting with hypertension and tachycardia
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 556
OP 557
DO 10.1136/adc.80.6.556
VO 80
IS 6
A1 Willi Wöβmann
A1 Martina Kohl
A1 Gunnar Grüning
A1 Peter Bucsky
YR 1999
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/80/6/556.abstract
AB An 11 year old girl presented with hypertension and tachycardia. Excess urinary catecholamine excretion suggested phaeochromocytoma but imaging studies failed to demonstrate a tumour. Other symptoms included insomnia and weight loss, and she was found to have a raised concentration of mercury in blood and urine. Mercury intoxication should be considered in the differential diagnosis of hypertension with tachycardia even in patients presenting without the skin lesions typical of mercury intoxication and without a history of exposure.